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Robert Albach

Sr. Product Line Manager

IoT Security

Mr. Albach joined Cisco in 2010 when he defined and delivered three network security solutions with the most recent - Cisco’s first Industrial Security Appliance. Prior to his Cisco tenure, he guided the IPS Management solutions and low end IPS solutions for Intrusion Prevention pioneer TippingPoint. Outside of network security, Mr. Albach has lead product management efforts in the application management space at IBM/Tivoli; BMC; and Quest Software.

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December 11, 2018

SECURITY

Know Your Boundaries To Know your Strategy

Has your organization initiated a risk assessment and created a threat model that would have covered some of the following incidents over the last two years? The local branch of a shipping company updates the accounting application that is dominant in their region. With the updated application, they…

June 7, 2016

MANUFACTURING

Don’t make this mistake with vendor contracts

This is a continuation of this blog on remote access. Has your organization signed up for remote management of critical infrastructure without your knowledge of the details? Many customers I work with were not aware of the contractual obligations they agreed to regarding remote access. Many customer…

May 4, 2016

MANUFACTURING

Vendors as Attack Vectors – The Risk You Take with Partner Services

About the Author: Mr. Albach is the Sr. Product Line Manager of IoT Security and joined Cisco in 2010 when he defined and delivered three network security solutions with the most recent – Cisco’s first Industrial Security Appliance. Did you know you can be contractually obligated to let people…